#chartists — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #chartists, aggregated by home.social.
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Chris Hedges Report: How ‘Paradise Lost’ Revolutionized the World
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/08/chris-hedges-report-how-paradise-lost-revolutionized-the-world/
Orlando Reade discusses the influence of John Milton’s 17th century epic poem on revolutionary thinkers and grapples with the moral gray area that exists in revolutions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few pieces of literature that remain as prescient and…
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Events in LA remind us that in times past, when the state uses excessive force against its own citizens, it ultimately was on the wrong side of history. In the UK, we too have a shady past of parallel events and movements: #Levellers #Chartists #Peterloo #Suffragettes to name a few. #LA